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1 ACROSS MADE A NUISANCE OF ONESELF WITH POLES IN A HOSTILE PLACE 5,4
45 DOWN. ONE MAY BE OFF SCHOOL GATHERING INTELLIGENCE 6
SORRY NO LETTERS
MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE

1 Wasps nest

was pest round s n

i'm stuck on 1ac as well.

The other is SWITCH

40Ac Good the writer's keen on humour? [4,2,2]

*I*E *N *O

I'm stumped!

Give in to

G(ood) I've into - definition humour

Thanx. It's all clear apart from the I'VE bit - or, more specifically the 'VE

The writer's could be short for the writer has

If I am the writer ( the setter) the shortened form of I have is I've

I bit convoluted but that's the only thing I could come up with....:)

If you can write the "writer has" as "writer's" then I'm happy. Don't like it though.

Last one.

44ac - Girls inducement to hurry once [6]

*O*H*E

I have SOPHIE - thinking SOW FEE but did SOW ever mean HURRY?

Sop is Inducement and Hie is to hurry (an old-fashioned word, so 'once').